On October 7th the nation of Israel suffered a horrendous attack at the hands of the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, the same terrorist group that was duly elected by the Palestinian people to serve as their government representatives, and their governing body setting official Palestinian policy.
On that fall October day in Israel countless barbaric and inhuman atrocities were committed by these Palestinian terrorists against innocent men, women, children, and elderly Israelis, as the Palestinian terrorists spread carnage through Israeli settlements adjacent to the border with Gaza. Over one thousand Israelis were killed, and another two hundred-plus have been taken hostage.
The horrors inflicted are beyond description, as well as the comprehension of all civilized people. Women filmed being brutally gang-raped and then executed, toddlers beheaded right in front of their parents, and Israelis set afire and burned alive. There are even reports of infants being placed inside a kitchen oven and baked alive. Much of this barbarism has been videotaped by the attackers and then later cheered on by Palestinians back inside of Gaza.
Since the attacks occurred Israel has declared war on Hamas, and after weeks of preparations have entered Gaza to seek out and destroy Palestinian terrorists wherever they can find them, in order to defend themselves from further aggression and violence at the hands of Hamas. Israel not only has the right, but also the duty and the obligation to work to prevent any future attacks from Palestinian terrorists.
As well as the right to seek retribution for what was done to innocent Israeli citizens on October 7th. To do less would send the message that Israel can be attacked with impunity, and there will be no consequences for committing acts of barbarity against innocent civilians.
Since Israel’s counterattack there have been well-orchestrated and coordinated protests all around the world, including inside the United States, AGAINST ISRAEL! Apparently Israel is guilty just for being the victims of atrocities inflicted on them by Palestinian terrorists. My guess is that the protests here in America are supported and even encouraged by some of the same people who have been hard at work for several years now trying to “fundamentally transform” the United States of America.
So let’s get a few things clear. First of all there are no “innocent Palestinians.” When a population raises their children from the time those toddlers are wearing diapers, to hate and murder Jews they have forfeited any claim of innocence and not being responsible for the brutal acts committed on October 7th. (Those same Palestinians by the way also cheered and danced in the streets when America was attacked on September 11, 2001 by the Al Qaeda. Just as they cheered and danced in the streets celebrating the Hamas attacks against Israel on October 7th, 2023).
Secondly, civilian casualties are a fact of war. Palestinians should have thought about that before they elected terrorists to govern them, who potentially could then set them up for any past Israeli military responses, and for the current Israeli response to the October 7th Palestinian terrorist attacks.
Third, Israel must complete their mission to destroy Hamas and to pacify Gaza and the West Bank. To do anything less will only allow Hamas, or any other Iranian-sponsored terrorist group to rebuild, regroup, and to attack Israel once again. A message must be sent to the world that the words “never again” voiced after the holocaust of World War II have meaning.
Finally, America should be standing unwavering right alongside Israel as Israel gives Palestinians no more than 48 hours to release and account for all hostages being held, or to face complete and utter destruction. And to hell with what the UN or any other country thinks!
The so-called “innocent Palestinians” know exactly where the hostages are being held. They can either help with their release and return them to their loved ones, or forfeit any claim of being innocent victims of Israel.